Live data from the crowd-sourced portal KolejkaNaGranicy.pl show that, as of 16:40 CET on Saturday, cars entering Poland at the Medyka–Shehyni crossing faced queues of 5 hours 35 minutes, while the Budomierz–Hrushiv lane for exiting Poland stretched to 3 hours 15 minutes. Similar although shorter back-ups were reported at Korczowa–Krakivets and Dorohusk–Yahodyn. Border guards attribute the spike to a perfect storm: the last warm weekend before the academic year’s October break, heightened freight demand ahead of Ukrainian Independence Day supply runs, and spot safety inspections introduced after a spate of forged CMR consignment notes. The queue length contrasts with the sub-one-hour averages seen on mid-week days earlier this month. For companies shuttling engineers or sales teams between Rzeszów, Lviv and Kyiv, the delays translate into missed meetings and higher driver overtime costs. Several coach operators have already re-scheduled night-time departures to skirt the crunch, and courier firms are prioritising high-value electronics in vans rather than 40-tonne trucks to use the faster passenger channels. Travellers should check the granica.gov.pl and KolejkaNaGranicy.pl dashboards before departure and consider alternative crossings such as Malhowice–Nyzhankovychi, where wait times were under one hour on Saturday afternoon. Holders of Polish resident cards may also use the relatively under-utilised pedestrian channel at Medyka, cutting clearance to about 40 minutes.
Source: KolejkaNaGranicy.pl
